So we hear a lot about how countries liek Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia etc use slave labor because people from Africa, india, pakistan, bangladesh or whatever come over to work and then they live in horrible conditions and their employers steal their passports so they can’t leave. How does this stop anyone from leaving?
I know for a fact that if you lose a US passport while you are abroad you can go to the embasssy and report it lost and they print an emergency passport which can be used to leave the country. Yesterday i was at an airport in Poland and someone from Italy or something had his passport stolen and he used some document printed by the embassy allowing him to leave. Do countries like india or pakistan or whatever not have these? I get maybe its dificult for africans since many african countries only have a few embassies abroad in other countries or they might not offer many services but can these people who are “enslaved” not just go to their embassies and explain the situation so they can leave teh country? Do their countries just not give a shit that they’re being “enslaved?” I understnad that Gambia or Guinea Bisseau can’t stand up to the UAE but surely India or Pakistan can.
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It’s fine if you are prepared.
If you are unprepared how do you prove that you are who you are without a passport which may be your only form of ID at the time? It’s not an insurmountable challenge, but proving who you are from scratch is a problem even when you aren’t in a different country. Being abroad makes it harder.
Like at one point at a company I worked for when we sent people to SA for contract repairs to some of our equipment it was non unexpected that someone might take their passport “Till the job is done” Our guys were instructed to make sure to never have their driver’s license and passport in the same place, let them have the passport, work the day then immediately go to the embassy and go home instead of sticking around.
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